Spring 2018 Courses

FREN 354, Introduction to French Literature IV: The Francophone World (MWF, 11:20-12:10)

FREN 445, 20th-century French Autobiography (MW, 1:20-2:35)

How do we come to be who we are? How do we tell our own stories? What can we learn from each other? What does it mean to be a human community?

These questions inform both my pedagogy and my scholarly trajectory. Whether we are analyzing the meaning of a text or considering fine nuances of French grammar, I aim to make the classroom a space of individual and collective exploration, critical reflection, and dialogue. The study of literature to which my research is devoted is but another form of this interpersonal engagement. With a specific focus on contemporary French literature and literature from North Africa and its diaspora, I study the ways in which personal and collective selves find their voices in relation to history, memory, gender, race, sexuality, and culture.

Degrees

Ph.D.: Princeton University (French Literature)

"D.E.A.": Université de Paris IV-Sorbonne (Comparative Literature)

"Maîtrise": Université de Paris IV-Sorbonne (Classics, Art History)

École Normale Supérieure (Classics)

Interests and Specialties

20c and 21c French and francophone literatures and cultures; francophone literatures from the Maghreb and its diaspora; self-writing and first-person narratives; women's and gender studies.